DIY Rustic Branch Holiday Place Cards and Faux Wood Printable Cards!!

November 6, 2011

Welcome to month TWO of the Holiday Headquarters Entertaining series. I am so excited to be sharing HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING Ideas with nine other wonderful bloggers. Today we are sharing all kinds of fabulous ideas — from food and drinks, to decorating and etiquette ideas.

It snowed here a couple days ago. The snow was so heavy that it broke a huge branch on my neighbor’s tree. I drove past the cut up branches and thought maybe I could use them to make some rustic place holders. So I stuck a big branch in the back of my car and took it home to my garage — to dry out overnight.

Here’s what I did to make the place holders:

1. I cut the branch into 2-3 inch high pieces of wood.

2. Then I took a hack saw and cut a shallow groove in the top of each of the circles.

3. I made a faux wood printable. And then I typed in the names of the people that will be at our Thanksgiving dinner.

4. I printed them out and cut each square out.

5. Then I glittered the place cards with Martha Stewart’s — Smoky Quartz glitter.

6. The last thing I did was inserted the name tag into the wood place card holder.

You can print out the Faux Wood Printable Place Cards on cardstock and use them alone or add some glitz with glitter!

The file is a Microsoft Word file — so you can customize the names and font if you want.

This idea is so cute! These could also be used for Christmas and New Years by adding a tiny decor. Very clever, Jen! I am laughing thinking about you putting the branch in your trunk and getting this perfect project from it. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
-Molly

Jen, I love these!!! What a great idea & no $$$$ well maybe glitter & paper I might try these for xmas with a little white snow on & a tree cutout ! Save yours I bet you could get 2 holidays out of them!Thanks so much for sharing!